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. 2020 May 21;9(5):268. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9050268

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Differences between the action of lytic phages, lysins and depolymerases. Lytic phages provide antibacterial effect, degrading cell wall and EPS. Lysins provide a bactericidal effect, disrupting cell walls when they establish contact with their target. Depolymerases degrade EPS.